Um novo atalho para um velho caminho: a influência do conservadorismo norte-americano em intelectuais da Nova Direita no Brasil (2008-2013)

Abstract

This research investigates how a segment of the Brazilian right, designated as the "New Right," appropriated and revitalized a political repertoire influenced by Cold War-era American conservatism during the emergence of its discursive framework. A diverse group of intellectuals, notably Olavo de Carvalho (frequently described by the media as the "intellectual progenitor" of this trend), Rodrigo Constantino, Reinaldo Azevedo, and Luiz Felipe Pondé, operated in a dispersed yet convergent manner to formulate a vocabulary critical of the left. They acted as conceptual mediators for terms such as "political correctness," "cultural Marxism," and "Gramscism." Although adapted to the national scenario, these categories reflected reappropriations of US debates whose original momentum had already waned in their primary context. Driven by both personal convictions and strategic interests linked to transnational think tanks, this process was seldom subjected to critical contextual mediation. The efforts of these authors were decisive in structuring the ideology that would gain significant prominence and capillarity after 2013. Thus, this study seeks to understand the theoretical influence of American conservative thought on Brazilian right-wing authors between 2008 and 2013, a period marked by the affirmation of this field and its growing foothold within public debate and traditional media.